Stump-puller.



No. 768,677. PATENTED AUG. 30, 1904.

- D. J. MQMILLAN.

STUMP FULLER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 7, 1904.

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UNITED STATES PATENT EETCE.

DUNCAN J. MoMILLAN, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

STUMP-PULLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 768,677, dated August 30, 1904. Application filed May 7, 1904. Serial No. 206,789. (No model-l w/wm it y "07106771" applied to the pivoted members of the grapple,

Be it known that I, DUNCAN J. MOMILLAN, a as clearly shown in Fig. 2. citizenof theUnitedStat-es,residingat Minne The Windlass-shaft 7 is provided with a apolis, in the county of Hennepin and State of flanged power-wheel 13, having fixed thereto Minnesota, have invented certain new and useand wound about the periphery thereof a 55 ful Improvements in Stump-Pullers; and I do power-cable 1 1 for the application of the reqhereby declare the following to bea full, clear, uisite power available from the draft-animals and exact description of the invention, such as which may be hitched thereto or from any will enable others skilled in the art to which other suitable source. The said wheel is proit appertains to make and use the same. vided on its inner profile face with radial arms 60 My invention has for itsobject to provide 15, which project outward beyond the peripha portable stump and rock puller: and to this ery of the wheel for the application of handend the same consists of the novel devices and power whenever so desired. These radial arms combinationsof deviceshereinafterdescribed, are of approximately triangular form in 5 and defined in the claim. cross-section, as shown in Fig. 3, at least at 65 The invention is illustrated in the accomsome point in each thereof radially equidistant panying drawings, wherein like notations refrom the center of the wheel, to afford bevel or fer to like parts throughout the several views. cam surfaces on their inner profile faces for 00- In said drawings, Figure 1 is'a view in plan operation with the reversely-beveled head of illustrating my machine. Fig. 2 is a side elea stop-latch 16, shown as in the form of a rod 70 vation with some parts broken away and some mounted for sliding movement in suitable parts shown in section, and Fig. 3 is a detail bearings 17, fixed to the girders 5, as best in section on the line 0 m of Fig. 1. shown in Figs. 1 and 3. To the said stop- The numeral 1 represents strong supportlatch 16 is fixed a crank-arm 18, connected 5 ing-wheels mounted on'stub-axles 2,projecting by stiff spring 19 to the adjacent girder mem- 7 5 outward from heavy standards 3. The standber 5 and tending to hold the head of the ards 3 arerigidly connected to cross-timbers latch 16 in contact with the profile face of v t 4C, and these in turn are connected by longithe Windlass-wheel 13, so as to cause the same tudinal timbers or girders 5, which converge to engage behind any member of the radial 3 toward each other from the rear end to the arms 15 for stopping the Windlass from back- 0 forward end of the machine, as clearly shown ward rotation under its suspended load. The in Fig. 1 of the drawings. The braces 6 are hub of the crank 18 has pins 20, engaged by also applied to connect and reinforce the rear the arms of a shipper-lever 21, pivoted to a standards 3 from the girders 5. cross-tie 22, fixed to the girders 5, and SBI'V", The parts 1 to 6, inclusive, so far described, ing as a means to withdraw the latch-bolt 16 8 5 constitute a wheel-supported elevated frame and to release the Windlass-wheel for permitwhich is adapted to straddle a stump, stone, ting the backward rotation thereof whenever or other object which is to be handled by the so desired. machine. In suitable hearings on this ele- The numeral 23 represents the draft-pole 4 vated frame ismounted a Windlass-shaft 7 pivotally attached to the forward end of the 90 having secured thereto in the usual way susmachine in any suitable way. pending-cables 8, united at their lower ends Having regard to the operation of the maand suspending a swiveled tackle-head 9 for chine, it is of course obvious that the machine suspending any form of desired tackle to semay be made to straddle a stump, stone, or cure the grip desired on the stump, stone, or other object to be handled under the direct 9:, other object to be handled. As shown, the pull of the draft-animals and that after the tackle-head 9 is provided with a pair of hooks tackle has been hitched to the stump, stone, 10, from which is suspended a grapple 11 for or other object that large power may be rensecuring the desired grip on the stone, stump, dered available upon the Windlass through the 5 or other object 12 under the hoisting strain power-cable 14: under the pull of the draft- I00 animals which may be hitched thereto. Hence it follows, of course, that within the limits of the available power the stump, stone, or other object may be pulled or raised from the ground and be suspended at any desired level with its weight supported from the elevated main frame of the machine. The latch-bolt 16, cooperating with the particular radial arm 15, which may then be engaged thereby, will prevent the backward rotation of the Windlass and hold the object at the desired point of suspension when the draft-animals are unhitched from the power-cable 14. The draftanimals may then be hitched to the draft-pole 23 and the stump, stone, or other object be transported to any point desired.

A belaying bit or head 24 is shown as fixed to the forward upper end of the machineframe, to which the power-cable 14 maybe made fast whenever so desired to assist in holding the load or for any other desired purpose.

It should have been noted that in the hoisting rotation of the Windlass-wheel 13 the latch-lug or triangular portions of the radial arms 15, coming in contact with the beveled head of the latch-bolt 16, will cam the same away from the Windlass-wheel against the tension of the latch-bolt spring 19, thus permitting the continued rotation of the windlass in the hoisting action without interference therewith from the latch-bolt, while the latter will always be ready to engage behind the nearest member of said radial arms 15 to hold the Windlass from backward rotation.

WV hat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is as follows:

The combination with the wheel-supported frame, the Windlass thereon, the wheel of which is provided with bevel-faced. latch-lugs, and a spring-held latch-bolt, with beveled head, for cooperation with said latch-lugs to hold the Windlass from backward rotation under its load, and a hand-lever operative on said latch-bolt to release the same at will, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DUNCAN J. MOMILLAN. Witnesses:

J As. F. WILLIAMsQN, F. D. MERCHANT. 

